Luke 7:5

King James Version (1611 Edition)

For he loueth our nation, and hee hath built vs a Synagogue.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
because he loves our nation and has built us a synagogue.”

King James Version
For he loveth our nation, and he hath built us a synagogue.

English Standard Version
for he loves our nation, and he is the one who built us our synagogue."

New American Standard Bible
for he loves our nation, and it was he who built us our synagogue."

New Century Version
He loves our people, and he built us a synagogue."

Amplified Bible
because he loves our nation and he built us our synagogue [at his own expense]."

New American Standard Bible (1995)
for he loves our nation and it was he who built us our synagogue."

Legacy Standard Bible
for he loves our nation and it was he who built us our synagogue."

Berean Standard Bible
for he loves our nation and has built our synagogue."

Contemporary English Version
He loves our nation and even built us a meeting place."

Complete Jewish Bible
for he loves our people — in fact, he built the synagogue for us!"

Darby Translation
for he loves our nation, and himself has built the synagogue for us.

Easy-to-Read Version
He loves our people and he built the synagogue for us."

Geneva Bible (1587)
For he loueth, said they, our nation, and he hath built vs a Synagogue.

George Lamsa Translation
For he loves our people, and has even built us a synagogue.

Good News Translation
He loves our people and he himself built a synagogue for us."

Lexham English Bible
because he loves our nation and he himself built the synagogue for us."

Literal Translation
For he loves our nation, and he built the synagogue for us.

American Standard Version
for he loveth our nation, and himself built us our synagogue.

Bible in Basic English
It is right for you to do this for him, because he is a friend to our nation, and himself has put up a Synagogue for us.

Hebrew Names Version
for he loves our nation, and he built our synagogue for us."

International Standard Version
because he loves our people and built our synagogue for us."

Etheridge Translation
for he loveth our people, and also a synagogue [fn] he hath built for us.

Murdock Translation
for he loveth our nation, and hath also built us a house of assembly.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
For he loueth our nation, and hath built vs a synagogue.

English Revised Version
for he loveth our nation, and himself built us our synagogue.

World English Bible
for he loves our nation, and he built our synagogue for us."

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
For he loveth our nation, and hath himself built us a synagogue.

Weymouth's New Testament
for he loves our nation, and at his own expense he built our synagogue for us."

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
for he loueth oure folk, and he bildide to vs a synagoge.

Update Bible Version
for he loves our nation, and himself built us our synagogue.

Webster's Bible Translation
For he loveth our nation, and he hath built us a synagogue.

New English Translation
because he loves our nation, and even built our synagogue."

New King James Version
"for he loves our nation, and has built us a synagogue."

New Living Translation
"for he loves the Jewish people and even built a synagogue for us."

New Life Bible
He loves our nation and has built our Jewish place of worship."

New Revised Standard
for he loves our people, and it is he who built our synagogue for us."

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
for he loveth our nation, and, the synagogue, he, built for us.

Douay-Rheims Bible
For he loveth our nation: and he hath built us a synagogue.

Revised Standard Version
for he loves our nation, and he built us our synagogue."

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
For he loveth oure nacion and hath bilt vs a sinagoge

Young's Literal Translation
for he doth love our nation, and the synagogue he did build to us.'

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
for he loueth oure people, & hath buylded vs ye synagoge.

Mace New Testament (1729)
and hath built us a synagogue at his own charge.

Simplified Cowboy Version
The marshal has done a lot for our country and he has helped build some of our churches."

Contextual Overview

¹ Now when hee had ended all his sayings in the audience of the people, hee entred into Capernaum. ² And a certaine Centurions seruant, who was deare vnto him, was sicke and ready to die. ³ And when he heard of Iesus, he sent vnto him the Elders of the Iewes, beseeching him that he would come and heale his seruant. ⁴ And when they came to Iesus, they besought him instantly, saying, that hee was worthy for whome hee should doe this. ⁵ For he loueth our nation, and hee hath built vs a Synagogue. ⁶ Then Iesus went with them. And when he was now not farre from the house, the Centurion sent friends to him, saying vnto him, Lord, trouble not thy selfe: for I am not worthy that thou shouldest enter vnder my roofe. ⁷ Wherefore neither thought I my selfe worthy to come vnto thee: but say in a worde, and my seruant shall bee healed. ⁸ For I also am a man set vnder authoritie, hauing vnder mee souldiers: and I say vnto one, Goe, and he goeth: and to another, Come, and hee commeth: and to my seruant, Doe this, and he doeth it. ⁹ When Iesus heard these things, hee marueiled at him, and turned him about, and saide vnto the people that followed him, I say vnto you, I haue not found so great faith, no, not in Israel. ¹⁰ And they that were sent, returning to the house, found the seruant whole that had bene sicke.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

he loveth: 1 Kings 5:1, 2 Chronicles 2:11, 2 Chronicles 2:12, Galatians 5:6, 1 John 3:14, 1 John 5:1-3

and: 1 Chronicles 29:3-9, Ezra 7:27, Ezra 7:28, 1 John 3:18, 1 John 3:19

Reciprocal: Acts 10:2 - which Acts 10:22 - of good

Cross-References

Genesis 6:22
Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did he.

Exodus 39:32
Thus was all the worke of the Tabernacle of the tent of the Congregation finished: and the children of Israel did according to al that the Lord commanded Moses, so did they.

Exodus 40:16
Thus did Moses: according to all that the Lord commanded him, so did he.

Psalms 119:6
Then shall I not bee ashamed: when I haue respect vnto all thy commandements.

Matthew 3:15
And Iesus answering, said vnto him, Suffer it to be so now: for thus it becommeth vs to fulfill all righteousnesse. Then he suffered him.

Luke 8:21
And hee answered and said vnto them, My mother and my brethren are these which heare the word of God, and doe it.

John 2:5
His mother saith vnto ye seruants, Whatsoeuer he saith vnto you, doe it.

John 13:17
If yee know these things, happy are ye if ye doe them.

Philippians 2:8
And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himselfe, and became obedient vnto death, euen the death of the Crosse.

Hebrews 5:8
Though hee were a Sonne, yet learned hee obedience, by the things which he suffered:

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For he loveth our nation,.... The Jewish nation, which was Christ's nation, as well as theirs, he being a Jew; see John 18:35. This they mention as an argument to induce him to have a regard to the centurion, though he was a Gentile; since he was a friend of the Jews, and well affected and disposed to them, which was very rare: it was not common for the Gentiles to love the Jews, any more than the Jews the Gentiles; there was an hatred, yea, an enmity between them; but this man, very likely, was a proselyte to their religion, as the following instance seems to show:

and he hath built us a synagogue; at his own private charge, and by the assistance of his soldiers under him, whom he might employ in this work: sometimes a single person built a synagogue at his own expense, and gave it to the citizens; of which the Jews say, o

"if a man builds an house, and afterwards devotes it to a synagogue, it is as a synagogue.''

o Piske Harosh Megilia, c. 4. art. 1.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Luke 7:5. He loveth our nation — He is a warm friend to the Jews; and has given a full proof of his affection to them in building them a synagogue. This he had done at his own proper charges; having no doubt employed his own men in the work.